nitin sawhney�*s creative output is dizzying.a musician brought up in an indian family in britain who fuses different musical traditions. and on top of that, he writes film scores, he djs, promotes various cultural initiatives — oh, and he was a successful comedian, too. so what are the common threads in this prolific creativity? nitin sawhney, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. lovely to be here. it's great to have you. let me begin by getting into your life during this covid pandemic that we've all lived through. you are known as a musician who takes an international approach to music—making. of course, during lockdown across the world, that's not been possible, so what has covid done to your creativity? it's been interesting because, like a lot of people, we found — well, i found new ways of exploring that. so, i mean, iwas working with musicians internationally still, i mean, for example, i managed to do a concert online with ashwin srinivasan who was in india — we did that for the cheltenham jazz festival last year, and i'd tri